Officials: 1 dead, 1 injured in Co-op City high-rise fire
Fire officials say a man has died and a woman was injured after a fire broke out in a Co-op City high-rise.
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Jan 20, 2020, 1:24 PM
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Updated 1,797 days ago
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Fire officials say a man has died and a woman was injured after a fire broke out in a Co-op City high-rise.
They say the blaze started on the 11th floor of the building on Casals Place just before 3 a.m. Monday.
Bernard Edwards, 85, was killed in the fire.
A 39-year-old woman was injured and taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where she is in stable condition.
The FDNY says the flames were the result of an accidental electrical fire.
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